Sun Devil Athletics
HomeHome
Loading

Player Bio: Frank Mesa - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site



2004 (Junior): Played in 14 games and hit .206 (7-for-34) with one double and four RBI before leaving the team.

2003 (Sophomore): Junior college transfer from Arizona Western who hit .364 (52-for-143) with six doubles, one triple, one home run and 23 RBI... played in 54 games and made 36 starts... made 29 starts at third base and seven at second base... also saw late-inning action at shortstop... named All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention and was the ASU Transfer of the Year... hit .400 (4-for-10) in series vs. UCLA... recorded 13 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests... best performance came when he went 4-for-6 with three RBI and hit a two-run home run in 17-6 win over BYU (2/7)... ranked 10th in the Pac-10 with a .456 on-base percentage... hit .448 (13-for-29) in the month of April with two doubles and five RBI... was a .423 (33-for-78) hitter in ASU's 31 night games, including four extra base hits and 12 RBI... longest hitting streak of the year was a six-game streak in which he went 10-for-23 (.435).

Arizona Western (2002): Played one year at Arizona Western in his hometown of Yuma, Ariz... coached by John Stratton and was named Team MVP... named first-team all-ACCAC and first team all-region... hit .406 (73x180) with 16 doubles, six triples and nine home runs... also had 55 RBI and seven stolen bases.

High School: A 2001 graduate of Kofa High School in Yuma, Ariz... lettered three years in varsity baseball and twice in football... coached in baseball by Billy Laguna and in football by Steve Casey... played summer baseball with the Yuma Braves... named to the Arizona Republic All-State First-Team as a senior after hitting .519 with 14 doubles and was 8-0 on the mound with a 0.70 ERA... named league MVP and was both the pitcher and player of the year... also named first-team all-region as a defensive back as a senior... played in the Best of the West Showcase.

Personal: Pursuing a sociology major at ASU... full name is Frank Edward Mesa... parents are Frank Mesa Sr. and Susan Sparaco... has two sisters, Chelsie and Stephanie, and one brother, Zach... lists his most exciting experience in sports as winning the city championship in baseball vs. rival Yuma High School... hobbies include hanging out by the river, wakeboarding and riding ATV's at the sand dunes... born May 24, 1983.

Career Stats at ASU:
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2003.... .364 54-36 143 39 52 6 1 1 23 63 .441 23 2 21 3 .456 1 0 2-3 41 76 12 .907 2004.... .206 14-11 34 5 7 1 0 0 4 8 .235 5 1 10 3 .325 0 0 0-1 7 14 2 .913 TOTAL... .333 68-47 177 44 59 7 1 1 27 71 .401 28 3 31 6 .431 1 0 2-4 48 90 14 .908

Career Highs:
At Bats - 6 - 2x (BYU; 2/7/03) Runs - 3 - 3x (SUU; 3/7/03) Hits - 4 (BYU; 2/7/03) RBI - 3 - 3x (WSU; 4/25/03) BB - 3 (GU; 2/17/03) SB - 1 - 2x (WST; 3/18/03) 2B - 1 - 6x (UCLA; 4/18/03) HR - 1 (BYU; 2/7/03) Hit Streak - 6 games

#14 Frank Mesa -- 2004 Game-by-Game

Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 06, 2004 Florida State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 .000 Feb 07, 2004 Florida State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .000 Feb 08, 2004 Florida State * 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 Feb 13, 2004 vs CS Northridge * 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 .100 Feb 14, 2004 vs Utah * 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .143 Feb 15, 2004 vs Oklahoma * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .133 Feb 16, 2004 Gonzaga * 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .118 Feb 21, 2004 vs Memphis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .111 Feb 24, 2004 Arizona * 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .136 Feb 27, 2004 Connecticut * 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Feb 28, 2004 Connecticut 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Feb 29, 2004 Connecticut 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .214 Mar 05, 2004 East Carolina * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 .200 Mar 06, 2004 East Carolina * 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .206 Totals 11 34 5 7 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 10 7 14 2 .206

#32 Frank Mesa -- 2003 Game-by-Game
Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Jan 16, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo * 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .667 Jan 17, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo-1 * 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Jan 18, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo * 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 .364 Jan 19, 2003 at Hawaii-Hilo-2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .385 Jan 24, 2003 San Diego State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .333 Jan 26, 2003 San Diego State * 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Feb 01, 2003 at Long Beach State * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .278 Feb 06, 2003 BYU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 Feb 07, 2003 BYU * 6 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .375 Feb 08, 2003 BYU 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 Feb 15, 2003 vs Oklahoma State * 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .345 Feb 17, 2003 Gonzaga * 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .355 Feb 21, 2003 Dayton * 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .389 Feb 22, 2003 Notre Dame * 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 .395 Feb 23, 2003 Notre Dame * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .366 Feb 28, 2003 Penn State * 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .364 Mar 01, 2003 Penn State * 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .367 Mar 02, 2003 Penn State * 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .385 Mar 06, 2003 CS Northridge * 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .389 Mar 07, 2003 Southern Utah * 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .414 Mar 08, 2003 Utah * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .393 Mar 09, 2003 CS Northridge 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .403 Mar 14, 2003 Oklahoma * 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 .409 Mar 16, 2003 Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .409 Mar 18, 2003 Wichita State 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .409 Mar 19, 2003 Wichita State 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .391 Mar 22, 2003 Stanford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .386 Mar 23, 2003 Stanford * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .370 Mar 28, 2003 at USC * 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 .372 Mar 29, 2003 at USC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .372 Apr 02, 2003 New Mexico * 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .370 Apr 07, 2003 Grand Canyon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .378 Apr 11, 2003 at California 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .386 Apr 13, 2003 at California-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .386 Apr 17, 2003 UCLA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .381 Apr 18, 2003 UCLA 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .398 Apr 19, 2003 UCLA * 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .387 Apr 25, 2003 Washington State * 6 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 .394 Apr 26, 2003 Washington State * 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 .388 Apr 27, 2003 Washington State 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 .390 Apr 30, 2003 at Oklahoma * 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .393 May 06, 2003 UC Irvine * 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 .385 May 12, 2003 at Oregon State * 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 .384 May 14, 2003 at Oregon State * 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .388 May 17, 2003 at Washington * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .378 May 18, 2003 at Washington * 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .374 May 19, 2003 at Washington * 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .378 May 23, 2003 Arizona * 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 .374 May 24, 2003 Arizona * 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 .363 May 25, 2003 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .363 May 30, 2003 Central Conn. State * 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .370 May 31, 2003 vs New Mexico State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .370 Jun 01, 2003 vs UNLV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .367 Jun 07, 2003 vs CS Fullerton * 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 .364 Totals 36 143 39 52 23 6 1 1 23 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 21 41 76 12 .364

Situation Avg AB H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SH SF as leadoff.......... .423 26 11 0 1 0 0 12 .462 4 1 4 0 .516 0 0 with runners........ .356 87 31 23 4 1 1 40 .460 11 1 12 3 .430 0 1 w/runners & 2-out... .351 37 13 7 1 1 1 19 .514 3 0 4 0 .400 0 0 rnrs in scoring pos. .278 54 15 22 2 0 1 20 .370 8 1 9 1 .375 0 1 scoring pos & 2-out. .160 25 4 6 0 0 1 7 .280 3 0 3 0 .250 0 0 bases empty......... .375 56 21 0 2 0 0 23 .411 12 1 9 0 .493 0 0 bases loaded........ .308 13 4 10 0 0 0 4 .308 3 0 2 1 .438 0 0 pinch-hitting....... .250 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .250 1 1 1 0 .500 0 0

  Frank Mesa
Class:
RS Senior
Hometown:
Yuma, Ariz.
High School:
Kofa
Last College:
Arizona Western
Height / Weight:
6-1 / 182
Position:
INF/RHP
Experience:
1V
Bats/Throws:
Left/Right